Skinny boys and muscle men

[Andrew_Culture]

Has anyone else seem this on BBC3?

I've just stumbled across it, the guys who are skinny and trying to bulk up their muscles have to consume 9000 calories a day!

 

[Licramite]

well if they don't want to look like your average Brit they had better work their cotton socks off.

 

[mickle]

Terrible.

 

[Darren Jeffrey]

I used to bodybuild. Got to a very respectable size. Was consuming 6000 calories per day and in that 18 eggs a day. Girlfriend wasn't impressed with the smell coming off me most nights in bed lol

 

[vickster]

Why?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Why?

I imagine because he was sat next to her stuffing is pie hole with eggs

 

[vickster]

No, why bodybuild like that, rather than why f**t

 

[SquareDaff]

No, why bodybuild like that, rather than why f**t

I'm with you on this Vicky. I'm quite well built and have never consumed anywhere near that amount of calories on a daily basis. My intake is around 2.5k.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

No, why bodybuild like that, rather than why f**t

I have no idea! For the brief time I was going to the gym and doing weights my upper body got massive really quickly, so I stopped. I also broke a bone in my wrist on one of the weights machines...

 

[black'n'yellow]

'skinny boys and muscle men' sounds like some kind of 'special interest' DVD. I think I'll give it a miss....

 

[Rob3rt]

No, why bodybuild like that, rather than why f**t

Why race bikes? Indeed why even ride them.

 

[vickster]

To get fit, from a-b, to get fresh air, save money on petrol, better for the environment, reduce road congestion

I find excessively muscled men very unattractive myself but each to their own . In the gym it tended to be short blokes with silly shoulders and arm, and short weedy legs! Must think it looks cool I spose

 

[Beebo]

to put 9,000 calories into context, Steve Redgrave consumed 6,000 per day and Bradley Wiggins consumes between 4,000 and 9,000 on the TdF depending on the route, but these guys were not looking to gain weight.

Body building must be one of the most pointless sports around. It revolves around aesthetics, it's basically a beauty contest with muscles.

 

[Scruffmonster]

to put 9,000 calories into context, Steve Redgrave consumed 6,000 per day and Bradley Wiggins consumes between 4,000 and 9,000 on the TdF depending on the route, but these guys were not looking to gain weight.

Body building must be one of the most pointless sports around. It revolves around aesthetics, it's basically a beauty contest with muscles.

I'd go further. It's often a 'beauty' contest that's only really considered beautiful by participants. I don't know of anyone that considers body builders to be masculine or attractive. (I don't feel I need to put out any thoughts on the females...)

 

[fimm]

There are actually men who are quite turned on by female body builders.